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ArticleClinical case reports2025

An Oropharyngeal Accessory Tragus in a Young Patient With Conductive Hearing Loss.

Tiffany Husman, Tania Benjamin, Evan J Patel, Naoki Akanuma, Anastasiya Pigal, Yew Song Cheng

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Tiffany HusmanSchool of Medicine University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-0878
Tania BenjaminDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.
Evan J PatelDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.
Naoki AkanumaDepartment of Pathology University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.
Anastasiya PigalDepartment of Pathology University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.
Yew Song ChengDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this report, we describe the first reported case of an oropharyngeal accessory tragus in a 20-year-old female presenting with moderate to severe left-sided conductive hearing loss. This case shares rare developmental anomalies to consider when diagnosing oropharyngeal masses that highlight the intricate embryological development of the head and neck region.

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congenital abnormalitiesearexternalhearing lossotolaryngology

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PMID39735793
PMCPMC11669492

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